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SCHEDULE 4E+WConsequential amendments: fines or maximum fines of numerical amounts of £5,000 or more

Part 1E+W

Public General ActsE+W

Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 (c.60)E+W

6.—(1) The Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 2 (discharge of oil into United Kingdom waters), in subsection (4), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

(3) In section 3 (discharge of certain oils from pipe-lines or as the result of exploration, etc, in designated areas), in subsection (3), for the words following “liable” substitute “on summary conviction, or on conviction on indictment, to a fine”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 4 para. 6 in force at 12.3.2015, see reg. 1(1)